8-letter words containing h, c, a, i, n
- machiner — One who operates a machine.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- manchild — a male child; boy; son.
- manichee — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- marching — to touch at the border; border.
- matachin — a 16th century dance performed by extravagantly dressed masked dancers carrying swords
- matching — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- mechanic — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
- michigan — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
- minarchy — (countable) Government with the least necessary power over its citizens.
- mishnaic — the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
- nanching — a port in and the capital of Jiangsu province, in E China, on the Chang Jiang: a former capital of China.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- nightcap — Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
- noachian — of or relating to the patriarch Noah or his time.
- nuraghic — relating to the Bronze Age Sardinian civilization that is distinguished by nuraghe
- nurhachi — 1559–1626, Manchurian leader, who unified the Manchurian state and began (1618) the Manchurian conquest of China
- omniarch — A ruler of the world.
- pachinko — a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical machine in which slots struck by the player's ball release other balls that in turn are exchanged for noncash prizes.
- panchaia — an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- parching — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- parochin — a parish
- peaching — to inform against an accomplice or associate.
- phenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- pitchman — an itinerant vendor of small wares that are usually carried in a case with collapsible legs, allowing it to be set up or removed quickly.
- poaching — the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.
- ranching — an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- richland — a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works. Compare Hanford (def 2).
- roaching — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.
- sandwich — a town in E Kent, in SE England: one of the Cinque Ports.
- scathing — bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- shamanic — (especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
- shechina — the radiance in which God's immanent presence in the midst of his people, esp in the Temple, is visibly manifested
- shit-can — to dismiss from a job or position.
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- synechia — any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.
- tachinid — any of numerous flies belonging to the family Tachinidae
- taichung — a city in and the provincial capital of Taiwan, in the W part.
- teach-in — a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- teaching — Informal. teacher.
- thinclad — a runner on a track team
- thracian — of or relating to Thrace or its inhabitants.
- trichina — a nematode, Trichinella spiralis, the adults of which live in the intestine and produce larvae that encyst in the muscle tissue, especially in pigs, rats, and humans.
- unaching — not aching or painful
- vacherin — a soft French or Swiss cheese made from cows' milk
- watching — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- whacking — large.